Work & commute · Staunton

Work & commute in Staunton, VA

About one in 4 of Staunton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fishersville (7%), Stuarts Draft (6%) and Verona (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

2,623 of 11,518 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,895 Staunton residents head out of town to work, 2,623 work right here, and 8,262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Staunton.

8,895live here, work elsewhere

2,623live and work here

8,262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Staunton goes to work

Staunton (in town)right here

23%2,623

Fishersville5.6 mi away

7%809

Stuarts Draft9.7 mi away

6%739

Verona3.8 mi away

6%720

Harrisonburg21.8 mi away

6%666

Waynesboro10.7 mi away

6%655

Charlottesville32.4 mi away

3%331

University of Virginia30.6 mi away

1%164

Roanoke78.1 mi away

1%142

Lynchburg52.9 mi away

1%140

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%4,529

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Staunton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

19%

12%

24%

45%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Staunton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Staunton are

10,885 jobs are based in Staunton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Staunton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Staunton

10,885 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Staunton residents hold

11,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Staunton, 2013 → 2023: 10,833 → 10,885. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.